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Captain Kay, R.N., sent a box of Tasmanian insects, collected in 

 1843by M. Venaux, the French naturalist ; also a small collection of 

 dried plants, by Mrs. Kay, from various parts of the island. 



Mr. G. R. Lewis sent a sample of Tapa cloth, manufactured by the 

 inhabitants of Pitcairn's Island, together with a fragment of the copper 

 sheathing of the Bounty sloop-of-war. 



Mr, Vicary, of Spring Bay, forwarded a large lizard in spirits, 

 commonly considered venomous, resembling Cyclodus casuarince, of 

 Darwin. • 



Mr. Milligan placed upon the table a specimen of a nearly allied 

 species obtained under a piece of decayed wood on the shore of 

 D'Entrecasteaux Channel. Mr. M. also presented the carapace of 

 a large turtle of the II awJi's-bill land, cast ashore on the northern 

 coast of Flinders' Island in 1846 during a gale; and stated it to 

 be known to the Aborigines that turtles have been cast ashore at 

 Swan Port, and that they have been seen more than once by Europeans 

 off the Schoutens, on the east coast of Van Diemen's Land. 



Mr. Matson, of the Bank of Australasia, presented a basket and 

 netted bag made by the aborigines of Port Phillip, a stuffed speci- 

 men of the Koala ( Phascolarclns chiereiis), with skins of a Lyre bird 

 (Menura superha), of the Nankin bird (Nijcticorax Calcdonicus), the 

 Porcupine (Echidna aculeata), and of the Emu (Dromiceius Novee 

 HollandUe), of Port Phillip. 



A specimen of anthracite from a thin seam on the estate of Mr. John 

 Abbott, near Three Hut Point, was submitted for examination. 



From Mrs. S. H. Atkins, of Storth, Break-o'-Day, was received 

 specimens of the plant caterpillar <Sp/t£EHai?o6er<m, of New Zealand. 



Two specimens of nodular and jasperous clay-ironstone, from Long 

 Bay, were submitted by D.A.C.G. Mitchell. 



Mr. G. A. Makeig, of the Treasury, presented to the Museum a 

 fragment of meteoric iron, a piece of granite from Pompey's Pillar, a 

 specimen of Rock of Gibraltar, crystals of quartz with calcareous spar 

 from the vicinity of Bristol, native copper from the Burra Burra, 

 specimens of cobalt, fossil shells, &c. 



Mr. Props'ting sent the skin of a large seal, taken a few years ago 

 in Carnelian Bay, for inspection. 



The Secretary reported the receipt, at the Society's Gardens, of a 

 case of New Zealand plants from Mr. Hort ; of a case of New 

 Zealand plants, per Munford, from Capt. Impey, in fine condition ; 

 of a case, per Australasia, from Mr. Allen, of Stockwell, near London, 



